Flat Emmy in the desert

The ever-loyal Dr. Emma fans, Ron and Carol, were quick to start off Emma's travels. A week ago I got pictures from Washington, UT. and this week I got one from Mesquite, NV. I thought it was cute the way they did it. I was thinking of having people pose with Em, but I like that it looks like she's actually there. Too cute! Thanks guys!

Feel free to do your pics however you like. Don't worry about printing them, you can just e-mail them to me.

Flat Emmy

There's a children's book called, "Flat Stanley" and in it Stanley gets flattened and mailed in an envelope to California. Emma (Dr. Emma or Emmy) wants to visit her family and friends. If you want to help Dr. Emma with her geography and enjoy a fun activity, print out the picture above and cut out Emma then take a picture with her at a place that represents the area you're from (the Strip, the temple, a farm, whatever). Or if you prefer the more traditional Dr Emma picture, print the head below and put it on a stick figure (which would make for a larger, easier to photograph Emma). Send us your pic (mail, e-mail, or post on your blog) and give us your city/town and if you're feeling extra giving include information about your place. Then, we will pin your location on our map and travel the country vicariously through you. It would also be awesome if you could take Flat Emmy on a trip you take so we can have even more pins on our map ("Uncle Nate with the crazy hair", this is for you). Don't forget to include Emma on your packing list for your trips this summer. Alright, let's hit the road and take this cutie with you!

If you have any problem getting these pics, let me know and I'll work on getting you one that works.

Weston's Words of Wisdom-cookies

We made some cookies and I told the kids we need to save some for dad (after giving some to the neighbors and the kids).

Weston, licking chocolate off his face, says, "Daddy doesn't like those cookies. I like those cookies. Daddy likes mustard cookies."

Baking with Dr. Emma

Emma loves helping me cook, especially baking. We were making some peanut butter cookies and I had to refill my container of flour. I got flour all over my black pants.

Mom- "Oh man, I should have worn an apron too!"

Emma- "Sorry I didn't get another apron, I just thought mom's were careful."

Mom- "Not this mom. This mom's messy."

Emma- "I guess you're not a real mom then."

Darn, I guess I'll have to give up my other blog, entitled "Real Moms."

After the flour had settled we were rolling our dough into balls and rolling the balls in sugar (which reminds me, my neighbor girls, ages 7 & 8 were over today while we were making cookies and asked me how cookie dough tastes because they'd never had cookie dough before. Is that not weird?!). I told Emma I'd roll the balls and she could do the sugar. When we started the second batch she reminded me, "Remember you're going to roll them and I'm going to sparkle-ate them."